About Robin and Jayne

Although Jayne and I both grew up in Milwaukee suburbs, our parents had a strong love of the land and an even greater love for fresh food.  I remember tending my crops (beets were my favorite) and then helping my mother put them up for the winter.  Even though it was a city lot, my mother canned, froze and pickled enough food from that garden to keep our family of six happily fed throughout the winter.

As important as learning how to plant and weed and eat fresh foods, my mother taught me the basic principles of organic gardening.   No one knew she was such a trend setter.   As we grew older, science and medicine joined the grassroots organic movement.

Jayne and I continued to follow my mother’s guidance, in all of our projects.   We tended our first garden in the yard of our Milwaukee home.  Although the backyard vegetable garden was tiny, we produced enough tomatoes for salads and sandwiches well into the fall.    And yellow coneflowers dazzled both us and our neighbors in our first prairie garden.

Working the earth and tending the garden is a great joy.  An even better joy is savoring the delicacies of the gardens.  I remember family reunions with my grandparents where everything on the table was produced on the farm.  Hamburger from the cattle, milk from the cows, potato salad with new red potatoes, radishes and leaf lettuce salads, and more.  My mouth waters just thinking about it.

After these wonderful feasts, my German great aunt and grandmother would wish us well and send us on our way with the expression “safe home”.

Here at Safe Home Farm we continue our farming heritage with an emphasis on sustainable living.   We strive to do our work in a manor that is safe for the environment, safe to our bodies, safe to our friends and to the animals.